Jack sprinted to his boat, fuming with anger. How COULD she?! he raged
inside his head. Then one of those little imaginary angelly thingys
appeared beside Jacks head, in the form of...LYLA? "Jack.... look on the
bright side... you finally left her... now I am yours..." "I-I-I..." But
Lyla was gone. Jack had to see her, tell her what happened. He hopped on
his boat, trying to think how to break it to her... He was so wrapped up
in all this, he hadnt noticed that he had been heading straight for...
.....a cave! He had never seen it before. What was it? A wave shear terror
and panic gripped Jack. His boat had stopped at the cave. He cautiously
stepped out and looked around.
There were some roughly cut steps leading up to a rock pool. Jack carefully climbed them. He tippie-toed up to the pool, and peered in. "HEY!" Jack nearly had a heart attack. He looked up, trembling. A beautiful girl with flowing brown hair and a buttercup yellow silk dress was squinting at him. She looked pretty harmless, but there was something about her that...... ...made Jack scream out of his skin. Could it be the little weird troll thingy attached to one of the ribbons of her buttercup yellow silk dress?! the guy looked like a freak and while Jack was still caught up with the moment, the troll drops off the dangling ribbon, steps on Jack's foot with a crunch and gives Jack a strange smelling berry. The little man told Jack "don't tell anyone you saw me here. eat the berry and shut up, okay?"
Jack ate the berry with a gulp and.... .....promptly fainted, poisinous toxins from the berry seeping over his already tired and scrambled body. Lyla"Aaaarrrrggggghhhh!!" Phew, thought Jack. It was just a dream. Yes? No! He was lying on the floor of the cave, with the beautiful girl staring down at her. "Are you Ok?" she asked nervously, "You fainted." Jack was baffled. "Tell me..." he said, clutching at her silk dress...... "tell me who you are..." "I am Marla the mermaid. Now listen to me, Jack. Sara is the one you love. Trust me. Lyra will only do wicked things." and with that the mermaid swam away. Jack sat on the cold floor, pondering her words. Finally, he came to a decision and walked determinedly out of the cave. Later he arrived on the farm, dreaming of the day he had first met Sara. He had walked to the town hall, and his first impression was that they were perfect for each other. Their outfits matched perfectly, her birthday was the very next day (1st of Spring), and she had a beautiful smile. As he opened the door, weeping drifted out to him.
Sara was curld up on her bed, and Billy was approaching. "Sara..." he said, patting her on the back, but she just slapped his hand away. "How dare you, Billy! You've ruined my life!" furious, Billy stormed out of the door. Jack walked up to Sara. "Love...I must tell you the truth. I was seeing Lyra." Sara looked up, her face streaming with tears. Jack couldn't look into her eyes. "Look at me, Jack. In the eyes." he forced his gaze to her, thinking of all the happy memories they shared. Then he looked right at her...and she was smiling, so joyously happy and wonderful that he couldn't believe it. "But...I...Lyla and me...."
"Jack. Don't worry. I love you. Even if the baby is Billy's, we will look after it. And I know something, Jack." "W-what?" "We never went that far, me and Billy. But remember that night, Jack?" "Which one?" "You know the one." Sara grinned wickedly at him. Jack blushed bright red, then climbed into his own bed. "Goodnight, Sara." but her peacful snores already filled the room. The next day, it was 6am and Jack was already panicking. Sara was lying in bed, groaning and everyone they knew was there, including the people from the mainland. "Stand back!" shouted a midwife, and she pushed up next to Jack. Just a few minutes later, they had a small baby girl. "Sara, can I name her? She is my child, after all."
Billy asked. "NO! She isn't 'your' child at all. I'M naming her. She is...hmm...I know! She will be called.................................... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jack screamed, "this is my baby, no matter what, you do not deserve to be father, rude and inconsiderate! *billys face turned bright red and takes on the appearance of a inflated bull ready to strike* uh oh ........thought jack. Finally what all the people nearby was dreading happened, billy exploed with fury"NO SHES MINE!!!!" Jack Started To Protest but was interupted by sara" guys........! both guys, billy and jack were face to face* rrrrrrrrrrrrr. Then the voice of reason dawned on sara, so she spoke her mind" i got an idea that is fair, lets have the baby take a dna test to see who is the real father!" Billy and Jack looked each other to see if this reasonable, both looked back at sara and nodded in agreemant. Sara's lines of worry disappeared from her fair face at the agreement. But then a bigger problem loomed in her mind. What if billy is the real father???? Ever since her dark brown eyes set upon this guy she had fallen in to the deep depths of love.
But but.........if billy is the father what then????????? Her face pulled up in concern she cradeled the little infant girl, singing a lullaby Hush my Dear one Sleeeeeep in Peaceful Slumber Rest in Peace Let no Troubles come across your mind Sleep My Baby My Dear One! she continued singing the lullaby and then sighed. what to do , what to do. This thought did not leaver her troubled mind till the sandman sprinkled the magic dust upon her eyelids, in sleep..................... jack* runs into the hospital with billy running beside, a doctor led them to a testing room......................... now then, said the doctor you just sit here mr jack, you can go first. the doctor brought out a dagger and, quick as a flash, he stabbed jack in the head. the doctor pulled of his head which was a plastic dummy and billy was standing there. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! he cackled. that was the last thing jack remembered.
He who sticks berries up .....then the plastic dummy head stopped spinning on the floor and began to speak, "I remember everything clearly. I am not the real Jack. I was made one dark night by a sprite who wanted so much to be with Sara, but she was just...too tall for him. But my sprite master soon died trying to milk a wild bull and got stampeded on. I have made my master's lab into a world similar to Jack's but it can never be perfect. You see my head on the ground and know exactly what I mean. Sara can never love me, or the cruel Billy I made, or anyone else...but the real Jack. This world is too cruel and imperfect. Leave me now in peace. Return to the real world with Jack and his wife in their home slicing watermelon in the kitchen and holding their newborn son....." With this, the head's eyes stop glowing and the story ends. Hey! Excuse me! Why does the story end? Why can't it last forever? 0_o Ahem... "
Woa," Jack sat up in bed after a terrible night. "What wierd dreams I keep having!" "Jack?" It was Sara, beautiful Sara, smiling at him. Jack blinked. It was not Sara, but Marla. He blinked again. Now the person was Lyla. Yep, it was Lyla. "Erm, Lyla...why am I here?" Asked Jack. "I thought Billy was that head and he stabbed me and Sara had a girl but it was a boy and I needed a really strange test to..." "Wait!" Said Lyla, "I am not Lyla. I am your fairy godmother ( ^_^ ) and I have come to help you with your lovelife. Move far, far away from here, into the world of Harvest moon 64, where there are 5 beautiful girls. Personally, I'd say that you should take the personality quiz..."
Jack took a piece of paper from beside his bed. 1. What kind of girl do you like? A. Fun-loving. B. Caring. C. Shy... Jack chucked the paper aside, and agreed to go and live in Harvest Moon 64. As he reached his new farm, Sara kissed him goodbye and ran away to get on with her life. Jack looked around. The farm was old and filled with junk. He got to work on clearing it straight away. When he was done, a girl with black hair and glasses walked up to him. "Hi. Are you Jack?" she asked, blushing. Jack nodded. "I'm Maria. I hope you like it here." she left, and three more girls came. One had ginger hair and horse hair all over her front, one had candyfloss-pink hair with a flower in her hair and the last looked remarkably like... "Eve!" Jack called. The girl laughed. "No, silly, I'm Karen. This is Popuri," she gestured to the pink haired girl, who smiled and waved. "And this is Ann." this time she pointed to the red head, who grinned at him. Jack smiled back, but was secretly thinking about Eve, his old girlfriend. When he looked up, the girls had left. He tossed away his photo of Eve, and buried it, as if to give her memory on last respect. When he was done a voice called out to him. "Hello? Anyone here?" he walked up to his mailbox and saw a short-haired brunette standing there. She handed him a piece of cake, then explained she had to get back to her bakery. "Oh, by the way, my name's Elli. If you want to come and visit me and my Grandma you'll be welcome."
Jack smiled and went indoors as the sun set and dark night descended. Before he fell asleep he pinched himself hard to make sure he wasn't dreaming. The short stabbing pain in his arm told him he wasn't.Jack woke up in the early hours of the morning to hear a peculiar sound coming from outside. He dressed faster than 'Superman' (blee, what a name[!] and flashed out the door. All that for nothing. It was only a vagrant. He was talking to someone. But there was no-one in sight. "Yes, thankyou, I will, right away..." The vagrant didn't see Jack. Jack went up behind the man and tapped him. He screeched with fright, his eyes mad and rolling, his arms flailing in pure terror and ran for his life. Jack stood there looking gawmless. What had he done? Oh well, it was nothing to worry about.
Jack decided to explore and wandered up a small path to the right of his farm. There he found a fisherman. "Aah, 'you like fishin' son? 'Ere be a rod, so you can fish wen ye' like. 'Ave fun!" And he walked away. Jack looked at the fishing rod. It wouldn't hurt to have just a little go... Jack caught a huge fish right away, then an even bigger one. Man, he was on a role. He soon had to stop, though. It was geting dark, but he still needed some things. He quickly gathered up a bunch of grapes, (for Karen, he thought) a cute sqirrel which squirmed and wriggled, (Ann, definatley) a daisy, (wouldn't Popuri love it?) and as he sprinted off to the town square he snatched up a little Ladybird. (Yep, obviously a Maria thang)The next morning he woke up to the sound of a beautiful sunny day. A voice was calling him from outside. "Jack! Hey, Jack! Get out here!" he recognised it as Karen's, and groaned. "Coming!" he shouted, and dragged himself out of bed.
Karen was leaning impatiently on his doghouse. "Where were you? I was meant to tell you about the flower festival. It takes place tomorrow, and if you hurry you can still vote for the Goddess." she smiled dazzlingly, clearing hoping to bias him towards her. She waved bye and left the farm. Jack ran up to the farm square and looked at the ballot box. He wasn't sure who to vote for, but in the end he chose Ann because she looked like a nice girl...or had done the night before. As he walked back down the steps a man in a postman's uniform with a big nose walked up. "Hello. I'm Harris the postman. Who're you?" "Jack." "Oh, right. Who did you vote for?" "Ann. I'm new here, so I didn't really know anyone." "Oh, right. I'm voting for Maria. Have you seen her yet?" "Yes, she visited me last night." Jack walked on, and as he hopped of the last steps he saw someone who gave him such a surprise he almost had a heart attack.
"It's you!.........................Grandma???? No, it can't be...it IS! How Jack had missed her. He had no idea she was in this story. He ran into her arms and nearly started crying. He was so happy to see her! Grandma explained that she had another grand-daughter on the other side of the family, called Elli. "Yes, I remember meeting her." said Jack. So they were relatives? Elli did seem nice. And she didn't hassle him like that Karen. Jack didn't really think much of her, but he was sure they'd be good friends. Maria was Ok, but a little shy and stuttery. Maybe my new friend Harris would suit her? And Popuri...well, he hadn't considered her. She WAS pretty. Jack had never told anyone this, but he shared a secret passion for flowers. Perhaps Popuri was good, after all. Jack nestled into Grandma and she hugged him back. As he dozed off, he had no idea of the terror that would befall him and Elli [mostly] on that fateful next day...The next day he got up and set to work restoring the farm. Meanwhile.... Sara lay in bed for a few hours. Her child was sleeping in Lyla's old cot. It was peaceful, but she was so lonely...no one ever came to see her, the farm was gradually falling into ruins...and from a letter Jack had sent her by Swallow Airmail ('The quickest service in the sky!') he seemed to be settling in well. He was also getting on with the girls very well... Jack barely had time to think about Sara as he hurried to the cliff.
He had heard a scream, and it sounded urgent (of course it was, duh). When he reached the grasslands (others called them the mountain, but Jack didn't care) he found Popuri hanging on by her fingertips to a cliff above a cave. She was screeching "HELP!" at the top of her voice, and Jack climbed up a tree to recue her. She thanked him, and climbed back down the tree. Then Jack realised - he was stuck. On her not-so-graceful descent, Popuri had snapped of some vital branches for getting down, and it was too high to jump. A scuffling sound behind him made him jump. Elli was sitting there, trying to pull herself up from the ground. "Help, Jack...I...I think I've sprained my ankle..." After hauling her up, Jack sat her on a rock and looked around for a way out. A small dirt path led up the mountain, but a huge tree had falen across it, preventing anyone getting up. It was a hopeless situation. A while later, Jack had chopped a few small pieces of wood from the tree (to no avail) and had managed to start a fire. Elli was pale and shaking, though not mentioning the pain in her leg. She managed to find some fish in her apron pocket, and they just about cooked them properly. Jack took off his jacket and handed it to Elli so she could stay warm. The stars twinkled happily in the sky, but Jack was almsot scared at the thought that if they couldn't get down, no one could get up.......
Jack looked miserably at there tomb and wisphered to himself "what a fix we've got into." He starts thinking hard, expecting for him left to the buzzards..........about his love life....why did it always go wrong? He was about to answer his own question (haha) when the place where they were sitting broke off and they went carining down the cliff. Elli: jaaaaaaaaaac...k *they were caught by one of the branches of the tree in worse shape then before, they couldn't move* Elli fainted with shock from her leg and the fall.
Elli's eyelids where opening slowly.......Elli Elli ELLI! What now, MOM i wanna sleep in please! The voice kept persisting "ELII" okay okay. Elli opened her eyes and saw jack by her calling her name with a worried look upon his face. She groaned and renembered what had happened. There was no freaking way they could get down, she knew fate would open its jaws to death.........But what about jack? She hadent told him how she really felt about him ..................The moon glimmered telling it was sometime during the night..........Soaking in the surroundings that would be the death of her.........bellow was a pond. Hmmm Thats weird elli thought, could that be the legendary godess pound that is told in stories? .................... "Jack! Do you have a vegetable?" Jack nodded, his vocal chourds paralyzed with fear (though he still wondered why she wanted a vegetable).
Elli grabbed the old tomato off him and chucked it down, praying it would land in the pomd. she heard a splash and saw ripples floating across the surface. A green-haired Goddess arose, not a single drip on her. "An offering? It's been a while! Do you want me to help you down?" Elli was practically screaming. Wasn't it obvious? "YES!!!" she shouted. The Goddess laughed and drifteds through the air to them. She cast a sort-of spell on them, and for a while they were airborne; gravity not affecting them. It was a wonderful, strange feeling, and somehow it cured Elli's leg. As the hit the ground with a gentle bump she was even smiling......Saftley on ground jack blew out his relief as he gazed into elli's brown eyes. The Harvest Godess Chimmed in, "may your seasons be kind to you and good fortune to all." She Sinked into the pond with a little soft ripple. Jack asked elli in awe" how did you know that would happen if you threw in a vegtable." Elli Just Blushed, don't you know your history and legends silly? It is a legend if you throw in a farm grown vegtable into the legendary godess pond your wish will be granted. I never belived that old story till now. *thinks thougtfully* well we better get going elli said in a tiresome voice.
..............Next Morning.....................
Jack Had fell asleep in the mountains when elli left unable to walk home. His droopy eyelids opened slowly to the sweet sound of a girl's voice singing
You will find me at FlowerBud Village on the side of a hill
When the summer is peaceful and high,
where streamlets meander the valley still,
'Neath the blue of a calm cloudless sky...
Look for me at dawn when the earth is asleep.
Till each dewdrop is kissed by the day,
'Neath the rowan and alder a vigil I'll keep,
Every moment that you are away...
The earth gently turns as the seasons change slowly.
All the flowers and leaves born to wane.
Hear my song o'er the lea, like the wind soft and lowly.
And come back to FlowerBud Village again.
It was Karen singing as she picked the ripe berries into a small whicket basket. How pretty her voice was in the mountain's air. He could listen to it forever he thought as he slowly got up being careful not to be seen by the lovely maid karen. his breath sighed into the cold morning air as he sat on a mossy rock, whatching karen with a dreamlike expression.
As he was gazing, she turned around and shouted sharply, "What are you staring at?" Jack fell off his rock, he was so suprised at her sudden change of tone. He decided to be brave. "I was listening to your singing. It was really good." Karen grinned. "I'll dance for you, aswell." She began slowly swaying from side to side, then broke out into a lively set of moves. Jack was amazed - she was by far the best dancer he had ever seen. She winked at him when she was done. "Do you want to dance with me at the flower festival tomorrow?" She asked. Without waiting for an answer, she hurried home, leaving Jack stunned at the fact the festival was tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Sara was sitting alone on her bed. Isaac, her baby, was fiddling with a loose bit of thread on her dirty clothes. The clouds were just going purple when a large cry arose from somewhere on the farm. Quickly dropping Isaac in his crib, Sara dodged out of the untidy house and out to her dilapidated crop fields. What she saw there made her gasp. A man was lying there, and he looked extremely ill. Pulling up a small ear of corn from the ground, Sara knelt beside him. "Are you alright?" she asked worriedly, shoving the corn into his mouth. After a bit of chewing, he stood shakily up, but collapsed onto Sara's shoulder for support. Despite his weakness, Sara couldn't help realising what a nice...but no, she though, surely it can't be that I'm attracted to this complete stranger... "S-sorry...I...had a message...from a farmer...I travel a lot you see...he told me to say...don't pine for him...he said...his...his name was...name..." Sara coaxed the man indoors and managed to find some tea under all the mess. "Here, drink this. Then have a rice cake. I'm sorry about the mess, but I haven't been able to cope." The man gratefully sipped some of the liquid in the cup, and colour returned to his cheeks almost instantly. "Thankyou! Wait - I've got a letter here..." he handed her a grubby note, and Sara smiled wistfully when she recognised the handwriting as Jack's. 'Dear Sara, I'm settling in well here. There are so many new people to meet! I've met a girl called Karen, she's really nice, and a few other girls, and there are loads of shops here as well! There's a ranch, a flower shop, a church, a bakery, and festivals as well! Wish you were here, Jack XXX' Sara, instead of lookinh happy that Jack had contacted her, frowned. Why had he only mentioned that woman...Karen? He had said she was really nice, but not mentioned anyone else...pushing the troubled thoughts aside, Sara suddenly had an idea. "Please tell me, what is your name?" "Cliff." "Cliff, could you show me to the village you came from?" "Sure thing." The two left, and Sara noticed an eagle flying along beside them. "Is that your bird?" "Yeah. He's called Cain." They walked in silence for a while, until they were halfway across the sea to Flower Bud Village on the ferry. "Why is your farm so run-down?" Questioned Cliff. Sara blushed. "Well...my partner, Jack, he's the one who sent me the note. He left because of...problems." She was too embarassed to tell this total stranger about Jack's love affair...but that brought her back to her niggling thoughgts. Was Jack now cheating on her with Karen? The more she thought this, the more she hated the new name. Karen. It sounded horrible. When they landed, Sara caught her breath at the pure difference of the surroundings. "This is the beach. We come here for the swimming festival and for the Firefly Festival. Follow me; I'll take you on a tour." Cliff showed her around everywhere; the ranch, the church, the mayor's house...and after all the shops, Jack's farm. When Sara rushed happily through the gate, she choked back her shouts of welcome. Jack was kissing Karen. Soon the horrible (but Sara had to admit, dazzling) woman left, and Sara was left to stare angrily at Jack. "Please, honey, it isn't like that...she's a bit over the top at times...don't glare at me!" Sara stormed out, leaving Jack to gape after her
.....
There were some roughly cut steps leading up to a rock pool. Jack carefully climbed them. He tippie-toed up to the pool, and peered in. "HEY!" Jack nearly had a heart attack. He looked up, trembling. A beautiful girl with flowing brown hair and a buttercup yellow silk dress was squinting at him. She looked pretty harmless, but there was something about her that...... ...made Jack scream out of his skin. Could it be the little weird troll thingy attached to one of the ribbons of her buttercup yellow silk dress?! the guy looked like a freak and while Jack was still caught up with the moment, the troll drops off the dangling ribbon, steps on Jack's foot with a crunch and gives Jack a strange smelling berry. The little man told Jack "don't tell anyone you saw me here. eat the berry and shut up, okay?"
Jack ate the berry with a gulp and.... .....promptly fainted, poisinous toxins from the berry seeping over his already tired and scrambled body. Lyla"Aaaarrrrggggghhhh!!" Phew, thought Jack. It was just a dream. Yes? No! He was lying on the floor of the cave, with the beautiful girl staring down at her. "Are you Ok?" she asked nervously, "You fainted." Jack was baffled. "Tell me..." he said, clutching at her silk dress...... "tell me who you are..." "I am Marla the mermaid. Now listen to me, Jack. Sara is the one you love. Trust me. Lyra will only do wicked things." and with that the mermaid swam away. Jack sat on the cold floor, pondering her words. Finally, he came to a decision and walked determinedly out of the cave. Later he arrived on the farm, dreaming of the day he had first met Sara. He had walked to the town hall, and his first impression was that they were perfect for each other. Their outfits matched perfectly, her birthday was the very next day (1st of Spring), and she had a beautiful smile. As he opened the door, weeping drifted out to him.
Sara was curld up on her bed, and Billy was approaching. "Sara..." he said, patting her on the back, but she just slapped his hand away. "How dare you, Billy! You've ruined my life!" furious, Billy stormed out of the door. Jack walked up to Sara. "Love...I must tell you the truth. I was seeing Lyra." Sara looked up, her face streaming with tears. Jack couldn't look into her eyes. "Look at me, Jack. In the eyes." he forced his gaze to her, thinking of all the happy memories they shared. Then he looked right at her...and she was smiling, so joyously happy and wonderful that he couldn't believe it. "But...I...Lyla and me...."
"Jack. Don't worry. I love you. Even if the baby is Billy's, we will look after it. And I know something, Jack." "W-what?" "We never went that far, me and Billy. But remember that night, Jack?" "Which one?" "You know the one." Sara grinned wickedly at him. Jack blushed bright red, then climbed into his own bed. "Goodnight, Sara." but her peacful snores already filled the room. The next day, it was 6am and Jack was already panicking. Sara was lying in bed, groaning and everyone they knew was there, including the people from the mainland. "Stand back!" shouted a midwife, and she pushed up next to Jack. Just a few minutes later, they had a small baby girl. "Sara, can I name her? She is my child, after all."
Billy asked. "NO! She isn't 'your' child at all. I'M naming her. She is...hmm...I know! She will be called.................................... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jack screamed, "this is my baby, no matter what, you do not deserve to be father, rude and inconsiderate! *billys face turned bright red and takes on the appearance of a inflated bull ready to strike* uh oh ........thought jack. Finally what all the people nearby was dreading happened, billy exploed with fury"NO SHES MINE!!!!" Jack Started To Protest but was interupted by sara" guys........! both guys, billy and jack were face to face* rrrrrrrrrrrrr. Then the voice of reason dawned on sara, so she spoke her mind" i got an idea that is fair, lets have the baby take a dna test to see who is the real father!" Billy and Jack looked each other to see if this reasonable, both looked back at sara and nodded in agreemant. Sara's lines of worry disappeared from her fair face at the agreement. But then a bigger problem loomed in her mind. What if billy is the real father???? Ever since her dark brown eyes set upon this guy she had fallen in to the deep depths of love.
But but.........if billy is the father what then????????? Her face pulled up in concern she cradeled the little infant girl, singing a lullaby Hush my Dear one Sleeeeeep in Peaceful Slumber Rest in Peace Let no Troubles come across your mind Sleep My Baby My Dear One! she continued singing the lullaby and then sighed. what to do , what to do. This thought did not leaver her troubled mind till the sandman sprinkled the magic dust upon her eyelids, in sleep..................... jack* runs into the hospital with billy running beside, a doctor led them to a testing room......................... now then, said the doctor you just sit here mr jack, you can go first. the doctor brought out a dagger and, quick as a flash, he stabbed jack in the head. the doctor pulled of his head which was a plastic dummy and billy was standing there. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! he cackled. that was the last thing jack remembered.
He who sticks berries up .....then the plastic dummy head stopped spinning on the floor and began to speak, "I remember everything clearly. I am not the real Jack. I was made one dark night by a sprite who wanted so much to be with Sara, but she was just...too tall for him. But my sprite master soon died trying to milk a wild bull and got stampeded on. I have made my master's lab into a world similar to Jack's but it can never be perfect. You see my head on the ground and know exactly what I mean. Sara can never love me, or the cruel Billy I made, or anyone else...but the real Jack. This world is too cruel and imperfect. Leave me now in peace. Return to the real world with Jack and his wife in their home slicing watermelon in the kitchen and holding their newborn son....." With this, the head's eyes stop glowing and the story ends. Hey! Excuse me! Why does the story end? Why can't it last forever? 0_o Ahem... "
Woa," Jack sat up in bed after a terrible night. "What wierd dreams I keep having!" "Jack?" It was Sara, beautiful Sara, smiling at him. Jack blinked. It was not Sara, but Marla. He blinked again. Now the person was Lyla. Yep, it was Lyla. "Erm, Lyla...why am I here?" Asked Jack. "I thought Billy was that head and he stabbed me and Sara had a girl but it was a boy and I needed a really strange test to..." "Wait!" Said Lyla, "I am not Lyla. I am your fairy godmother ( ^_^ ) and I have come to help you with your lovelife. Move far, far away from here, into the world of Harvest moon 64, where there are 5 beautiful girls. Personally, I'd say that you should take the personality quiz..."
Jack took a piece of paper from beside his bed. 1. What kind of girl do you like? A. Fun-loving. B. Caring. C. Shy... Jack chucked the paper aside, and agreed to go and live in Harvest Moon 64. As he reached his new farm, Sara kissed him goodbye and ran away to get on with her life. Jack looked around. The farm was old and filled with junk. He got to work on clearing it straight away. When he was done, a girl with black hair and glasses walked up to him. "Hi. Are you Jack?" she asked, blushing. Jack nodded. "I'm Maria. I hope you like it here." she left, and three more girls came. One had ginger hair and horse hair all over her front, one had candyfloss-pink hair with a flower in her hair and the last looked remarkably like... "Eve!" Jack called. The girl laughed. "No, silly, I'm Karen. This is Popuri," she gestured to the pink haired girl, who smiled and waved. "And this is Ann." this time she pointed to the red head, who grinned at him. Jack smiled back, but was secretly thinking about Eve, his old girlfriend. When he looked up, the girls had left. He tossed away his photo of Eve, and buried it, as if to give her memory on last respect. When he was done a voice called out to him. "Hello? Anyone here?" he walked up to his mailbox and saw a short-haired brunette standing there. She handed him a piece of cake, then explained she had to get back to her bakery. "Oh, by the way, my name's Elli. If you want to come and visit me and my Grandma you'll be welcome."
Jack smiled and went indoors as the sun set and dark night descended. Before he fell asleep he pinched himself hard to make sure he wasn't dreaming. The short stabbing pain in his arm told him he wasn't.Jack woke up in the early hours of the morning to hear a peculiar sound coming from outside. He dressed faster than 'Superman' (blee, what a name[!] and flashed out the door. All that for nothing. It was only a vagrant. He was talking to someone. But there was no-one in sight. "Yes, thankyou, I will, right away..." The vagrant didn't see Jack. Jack went up behind the man and tapped him. He screeched with fright, his eyes mad and rolling, his arms flailing in pure terror and ran for his life. Jack stood there looking gawmless. What had he done? Oh well, it was nothing to worry about.
Jack decided to explore and wandered up a small path to the right of his farm. There he found a fisherman. "Aah, 'you like fishin' son? 'Ere be a rod, so you can fish wen ye' like. 'Ave fun!" And he walked away. Jack looked at the fishing rod. It wouldn't hurt to have just a little go... Jack caught a huge fish right away, then an even bigger one. Man, he was on a role. He soon had to stop, though. It was geting dark, but he still needed some things. He quickly gathered up a bunch of grapes, (for Karen, he thought) a cute sqirrel which squirmed and wriggled, (Ann, definatley) a daisy, (wouldn't Popuri love it?) and as he sprinted off to the town square he snatched up a little Ladybird. (Yep, obviously a Maria thang)The next morning he woke up to the sound of a beautiful sunny day. A voice was calling him from outside. "Jack! Hey, Jack! Get out here!" he recognised it as Karen's, and groaned. "Coming!" he shouted, and dragged himself out of bed.
Karen was leaning impatiently on his doghouse. "Where were you? I was meant to tell you about the flower festival. It takes place tomorrow, and if you hurry you can still vote for the Goddess." she smiled dazzlingly, clearing hoping to bias him towards her. She waved bye and left the farm. Jack ran up to the farm square and looked at the ballot box. He wasn't sure who to vote for, but in the end he chose Ann because she looked like a nice girl...or had done the night before. As he walked back down the steps a man in a postman's uniform with a big nose walked up. "Hello. I'm Harris the postman. Who're you?" "Jack." "Oh, right. Who did you vote for?" "Ann. I'm new here, so I didn't really know anyone." "Oh, right. I'm voting for Maria. Have you seen her yet?" "Yes, she visited me last night." Jack walked on, and as he hopped of the last steps he saw someone who gave him such a surprise he almost had a heart attack.
"It's you!.........................Grandma???? No, it can't be...it IS! How Jack had missed her. He had no idea she was in this story. He ran into her arms and nearly started crying. He was so happy to see her! Grandma explained that she had another grand-daughter on the other side of the family, called Elli. "Yes, I remember meeting her." said Jack. So they were relatives? Elli did seem nice. And she didn't hassle him like that Karen. Jack didn't really think much of her, but he was sure they'd be good friends. Maria was Ok, but a little shy and stuttery. Maybe my new friend Harris would suit her? And Popuri...well, he hadn't considered her. She WAS pretty. Jack had never told anyone this, but he shared a secret passion for flowers. Perhaps Popuri was good, after all. Jack nestled into Grandma and she hugged him back. As he dozed off, he had no idea of the terror that would befall him and Elli [mostly] on that fateful next day...The next day he got up and set to work restoring the farm. Meanwhile.... Sara lay in bed for a few hours. Her child was sleeping in Lyla's old cot. It was peaceful, but she was so lonely...no one ever came to see her, the farm was gradually falling into ruins...and from a letter Jack had sent her by Swallow Airmail ('The quickest service in the sky!') he seemed to be settling in well. He was also getting on with the girls very well... Jack barely had time to think about Sara as he hurried to the cliff.
He had heard a scream, and it sounded urgent (of course it was, duh). When he reached the grasslands (others called them the mountain, but Jack didn't care) he found Popuri hanging on by her fingertips to a cliff above a cave. She was screeching "HELP!" at the top of her voice, and Jack climbed up a tree to recue her. She thanked him, and climbed back down the tree. Then Jack realised - he was stuck. On her not-so-graceful descent, Popuri had snapped of some vital branches for getting down, and it was too high to jump. A scuffling sound behind him made him jump. Elli was sitting there, trying to pull herself up from the ground. "Help, Jack...I...I think I've sprained my ankle..." After hauling her up, Jack sat her on a rock and looked around for a way out. A small dirt path led up the mountain, but a huge tree had falen across it, preventing anyone getting up. It was a hopeless situation. A while later, Jack had chopped a few small pieces of wood from the tree (to no avail) and had managed to start a fire. Elli was pale and shaking, though not mentioning the pain in her leg. She managed to find some fish in her apron pocket, and they just about cooked them properly. Jack took off his jacket and handed it to Elli so she could stay warm. The stars twinkled happily in the sky, but Jack was almsot scared at the thought that if they couldn't get down, no one could get up.......
Jack looked miserably at there tomb and wisphered to himself "what a fix we've got into." He starts thinking hard, expecting for him left to the buzzards..........about his love life....why did it always go wrong? He was about to answer his own question (haha) when the place where they were sitting broke off and they went carining down the cliff. Elli: jaaaaaaaaaac...k *they were caught by one of the branches of the tree in worse shape then before, they couldn't move* Elli fainted with shock from her leg and the fall.
Elli's eyelids where opening slowly.......Elli Elli ELLI! What now, MOM i wanna sleep in please! The voice kept persisting "ELII" okay okay. Elli opened her eyes and saw jack by her calling her name with a worried look upon his face. She groaned and renembered what had happened. There was no freaking way they could get down, she knew fate would open its jaws to death.........But what about jack? She hadent told him how she really felt about him ..................The moon glimmered telling it was sometime during the night..........Soaking in the surroundings that would be the death of her.........bellow was a pond. Hmmm Thats weird elli thought, could that be the legendary godess pound that is told in stories? .................... "Jack! Do you have a vegetable?" Jack nodded, his vocal chourds paralyzed with fear (though he still wondered why she wanted a vegetable).
Elli grabbed the old tomato off him and chucked it down, praying it would land in the pomd. she heard a splash and saw ripples floating across the surface. A green-haired Goddess arose, not a single drip on her. "An offering? It's been a while! Do you want me to help you down?" Elli was practically screaming. Wasn't it obvious? "YES!!!" she shouted. The Goddess laughed and drifteds through the air to them. She cast a sort-of spell on them, and for a while they were airborne; gravity not affecting them. It was a wonderful, strange feeling, and somehow it cured Elli's leg. As the hit the ground with a gentle bump she was even smiling......Saftley on ground jack blew out his relief as he gazed into elli's brown eyes. The Harvest Godess Chimmed in, "may your seasons be kind to you and good fortune to all." She Sinked into the pond with a little soft ripple. Jack asked elli in awe" how did you know that would happen if you threw in a vegtable." Elli Just Blushed, don't you know your history and legends silly? It is a legend if you throw in a farm grown vegtable into the legendary godess pond your wish will be granted. I never belived that old story till now. *thinks thougtfully* well we better get going elli said in a tiresome voice.
..............Next Morning.....................
Jack Had fell asleep in the mountains when elli left unable to walk home. His droopy eyelids opened slowly to the sweet sound of a girl's voice singing
You will find me at FlowerBud Village on the side of a hill
When the summer is peaceful and high,
where streamlets meander the valley still,
'Neath the blue of a calm cloudless sky...
Look for me at dawn when the earth is asleep.
Till each dewdrop is kissed by the day,
'Neath the rowan and alder a vigil I'll keep,
Every moment that you are away...
The earth gently turns as the seasons change slowly.
All the flowers and leaves born to wane.
Hear my song o'er the lea, like the wind soft and lowly.
And come back to FlowerBud Village again.
It was Karen singing as she picked the ripe berries into a small whicket basket. How pretty her voice was in the mountain's air. He could listen to it forever he thought as he slowly got up being careful not to be seen by the lovely maid karen. his breath sighed into the cold morning air as he sat on a mossy rock, whatching karen with a dreamlike expression.
As he was gazing, she turned around and shouted sharply, "What are you staring at?" Jack fell off his rock, he was so suprised at her sudden change of tone. He decided to be brave. "I was listening to your singing. It was really good." Karen grinned. "I'll dance for you, aswell." She began slowly swaying from side to side, then broke out into a lively set of moves. Jack was amazed - she was by far the best dancer he had ever seen. She winked at him when she was done. "Do you want to dance with me at the flower festival tomorrow?" She asked. Without waiting for an answer, she hurried home, leaving Jack stunned at the fact the festival was tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Sara was sitting alone on her bed. Isaac, her baby, was fiddling with a loose bit of thread on her dirty clothes. The clouds were just going purple when a large cry arose from somewhere on the farm. Quickly dropping Isaac in his crib, Sara dodged out of the untidy house and out to her dilapidated crop fields. What she saw there made her gasp. A man was lying there, and he looked extremely ill. Pulling up a small ear of corn from the ground, Sara knelt beside him. "Are you alright?" she asked worriedly, shoving the corn into his mouth. After a bit of chewing, he stood shakily up, but collapsed onto Sara's shoulder for support. Despite his weakness, Sara couldn't help realising what a nice...but no, she though, surely it can't be that I'm attracted to this complete stranger... "S-sorry...I...had a message...from a farmer...I travel a lot you see...he told me to say...don't pine for him...he said...his...his name was...name..." Sara coaxed the man indoors and managed to find some tea under all the mess. "Here, drink this. Then have a rice cake. I'm sorry about the mess, but I haven't been able to cope." The man gratefully sipped some of the liquid in the cup, and colour returned to his cheeks almost instantly. "Thankyou! Wait - I've got a letter here..." he handed her a grubby note, and Sara smiled wistfully when she recognised the handwriting as Jack's. 'Dear Sara, I'm settling in well here. There are so many new people to meet! I've met a girl called Karen, she's really nice, and a few other girls, and there are loads of shops here as well! There's a ranch, a flower shop, a church, a bakery, and festivals as well! Wish you were here, Jack XXX' Sara, instead of lookinh happy that Jack had contacted her, frowned. Why had he only mentioned that woman...Karen? He had said she was really nice, but not mentioned anyone else...pushing the troubled thoughts aside, Sara suddenly had an idea. "Please tell me, what is your name?" "Cliff." "Cliff, could you show me to the village you came from?" "Sure thing." The two left, and Sara noticed an eagle flying along beside them. "Is that your bird?" "Yeah. He's called Cain." They walked in silence for a while, until they were halfway across the sea to Flower Bud Village on the ferry. "Why is your farm so run-down?" Questioned Cliff. Sara blushed. "Well...my partner, Jack, he's the one who sent me the note. He left because of...problems." She was too embarassed to tell this total stranger about Jack's love affair...but that brought her back to her niggling thoughgts. Was Jack now cheating on her with Karen? The more she thought this, the more she hated the new name. Karen. It sounded horrible. When they landed, Sara caught her breath at the pure difference of the surroundings. "This is the beach. We come here for the swimming festival and for the Firefly Festival. Follow me; I'll take you on a tour." Cliff showed her around everywhere; the ranch, the church, the mayor's house...and after all the shops, Jack's farm. When Sara rushed happily through the gate, she choked back her shouts of welcome. Jack was kissing Karen. Soon the horrible (but Sara had to admit, dazzling) woman left, and Sara was left to stare angrily at Jack. "Please, honey, it isn't like that...she's a bit over the top at times...don't glare at me!" Sara stormed out, leaving Jack to gape after her
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